Editing Jack Ryan (character) (section)

====''[[Debt of Honor]]'' (August 17, 1994)====
After a brief stint as a stockbroker, Ryan returns to government service as the National Security Advisor, restoring honor to the job that Cutter and Elliot disgraced. It has been two and a half years since Fowler resigned and his vice president, Roger Durling, is now well into his own term. Jack and the administration must deal with a second war between the U.S. and [[Japan]], as well as an attack on America's economic infrastructure. After a clean sweep of Japan's forces in the South Pacific, Vice President [[Ed Kealty]] is forced to resign after a sex scandal and President Durling taps Ryan for the job. Ryan accepts the job on the condition that he will only serve until the end of Durling's term, and sees this as a way of ending his public life. Only minutes after [[United States Congress|Congress]] confirms Ryan, though, a Japanese airline pilot deliberately crashes a [[Boeing 747|747]] into the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol building]] during [[Joint session of the United States Congress|Congress's joint session]] out of revenge for the death of his son and brother during the conflict, killing most of the people inside, decapitating the U.S. government, and elevating Ryan to the presidency.